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1 SCALE 14X The Bare-Metal Hypervisor as a Platform for Innovation By Russell Pavlicek Xen Project Evangelist

2 About the Old, Fat Geek Up Front Linux user since 1995; became a Linux advocate immediately Delivered many early talks on Open Source Advocacy Former Open Source columnist for Infoworld, Processor magazines Former weekly panelist on The Linux Show Wrote one of the first books on Open Source: Embracing Insanity: Open Source Software Development 30 years in the industry; 20+ years in software services consulting Recently Evangelist for the Xen Project (until tomorrow; now looking for other opportunities) Over 100 FOSS talks delivered; over 200 FOSS pieces published

3 About Innovation... A favorite buzzword for marketing purposes Many things in our industry labeled Innovation are nothing more than hackneyed placid tripe Innovation calls for thinking of the world in a different way and seeing it come to life Simply changing the shade of lipstick on a pig does not qualify

4 About Innovation... Real innovation can borrow from the known to create the unknown Many innovations are reassemblies of known objects in a new way Example: many cloud concepts resemble similar concepts in mainframes, but they've been reapplied to a multi-server environment But the net result needs to be something significantly different than what existed before

5 Some of the More Interesting Advances Xen Automotive: the effort to craft an embedded automotive infotainment system Realtime virtualization: work to facilitate applications which need realtime processing ARM-based hypervisor: enabling a new breed of applications, from servers to cell phones, on the ARM architecture MirageOS and other unikernel systems: creating highly-dense farms of ultra-small and secure cloud appliances

6 But First... What exactly is a Bare-Metal Hypervisor?

7 Hypervisor Architectures Type 1: Bare metal Hypervisor A pure Hypervisor that runs directly on the hardware and hosts Guest OS s. VM n VM 1 VM 0 Guest OS and Apps Hypervisor Scheduler Device Drivers/Models MMU Host HW I/O Memory CPUs Provides partition isolation + reliability, higher security

8 Hypervisor Architectures Type 1: Bare metal Hypervisor A pure Hypervisor that runs directly on the hardware and hosts Guest OS s. Type 2: OS Hosted A Hypervisor that runs within a Host OS and hosts Guest OS s inside of it, using the host OS services to provide the virtual environment. VM n VM 1 VM 0 User Apps User-level VMM Device Models VM n VM 1 VM 0 Hypervisor Device Drivers/Models Guest OS and Apps Scheduler MMU Host OS Device Drivers Guest OS and Apps Ring-0 VM Monitor Kernel Host HW I/O Memory CPUs Host HW I/O Memory CPUs Provides partition isolation + reliability, higher security Low cost, no additional drivers Ease of use & installation

9 Xen Project: Type 1 with a Twist Type 1: Bare metal Hypervisor VM n VM 1 VM 0 Guest OS and Apps Hypervisor Scheduler Device Drivers/Models MMU Host HW I/O Memory CPUs

10 Xen Project: Type 1 with a Twist Type 1: Bare metal Hypervisor Xen Project Architecture VM n Hypervisor VM 1 VM 0 Guest OS and Apps Scheduler VM n VM 1 VM 0 Guest OS and Apps Device Drivers/Models MMU Hypervisor Scheduler MMU Host HW I/O Memory CPUs Host HW I/O Memory CPUs

11 Xen Project: Type 1 with a Twist Type 1: Bare metal Hypervisor Xen Project Architecture Control domain (dom0) VM n VM 1 Device Models VM n VM 0 VM 1 Hypervisor Guest OS and Apps Scheduler Drivers Linux & BSD VM 0 Guest OS and Apps Device Drivers/Models MMU Hypervisor Scheduler MMU Host HW I/O Memory CPUs Host HW I/O Memory CPUs

12 Some Bare-Metal Advantages What are the advantages of a Bare-Metal Hypervisor? Density: It's thin Excellent for supporting very small workloads Scalability: It can support huge numbers of VMs Terrific for highly dense workloads Security: No host OS It has no host OS layer to attack Scheduling: Can use dedicated scheduler Needed for specialized workload profiles where a host OS scheduler just won't do Paravirtualization: Simplified interface Easier to code to when no OS is present And now some of the innovations they enable...

13 #1: Xen Automotive A subproject of the Xen Project Proposed by community member GlobalLogic Support for infotainment systems (for now...) Eliminates multiple discreet systems needing sourcing, installation, and testing ARM-based

14 Automotive Challenges Soft-Real-time support Hard-Real-time support GPU virtualization Other co-processor (DSP, IPU, etc.) Certification Driver support for Android, e.g. Backend ION memory allocator and Linux User Space Device Drivers for Graphics, Sound, USB, Giros, GPS, etc. Driver support for operating systems such as QNX and other guest operating systems that are relevant for these use-cases

15 A Focused Hypervisor Automotive requires extreme focus Simply repurposing a server-based hypervisor won't cut it A Bare-Metal hypervisor can add and modify pieces as needed There is no legacy Host Operating System to be accommodated Bare-Metal can do what the situation requires

16 #2: Realtime Virtualization Support for Xen Automotive and beyond RT-Xen Streaming video, etc. cannot wait for next time slice Leverages a custom scheduler

17 Custom Schedulers Type 2 (Hosted) Hypervisors use the scheduler of the host (e.g., Linux) That scheduler is designed for the host operating system, not for special needs Type 1 (Bare Metal) Hypervisors use schedulers designed for the needs of the hypervisor itself It is possible to change the scheduler to meet the needs of the hypervisor That's the way to handle Realtime Scheduling

18 A Scheduler for Every Need Current schedulers in Xen Project: Credit General Purpose Default scheduler in 4.5 Credit2 Optimized for low latency & high VM density Currently Experimental Expected to become supported and default in future

19 A Scheduler for Every Need Current schedulers in Xen Project (continued): RTDS Soft & Firm Realtime scheduler Multicore Currently Experimental Embedded, Automotive, Graphics, Gaming in the Cloud ARINC 653 Hard Realtime Single Core Currently Experimental Avionics, Drones, Medical

20 A Scheduler for Every Need Past schedulers in Xen Project: Borrowed Virtual Time Atropos Round Robin SEDF (removed in Xen Project 4.6) For more information:

21 #3: ARM-based Hypervisor ARM expanding from handhelds to servers Virtualization extensions added to ARM V7 Architecture is hand-in-glove fit for Bare- Metal hypervisor No mode changes means greater speed and security

22 Xen + ARM = a perfect Match ARM SOC ARM Architecture Features for Virtualization User mode : EL0 Device Tree describes I/O Kernel mode : EL1 Hypercall Interface HVC GT GIC v2 2 stage MMU Hypervisor mode : EL2

23 Xen + ARM = a perfect Match ARM SOC ARM Architecture Features for Virtualization EL0 Device Tree describes I/O EL1 HVC GT GIC v2 2 stage MMU EL2 Xen Hypervisor

24 Xen + ARM = a perfect Match ARM SOC ARM Architecture Features for Virtualization Device Tree describes EL0 Any Xen Guest VM (including Dom0) User Space Kernel I/O EL1 HVC GT GIC v2 2 stage MMU EL2 Xen Hypervisor

25 Xen + ARM = a perfect Match ARM SOC ARM Architecture Features for Virtualization Device Tree describes I/O GT Dom0 only GIC v2 PV back 2 stage MMU EL0 PV front EL1 EL2 Any Xen Guest VM (including Dom0) Xen Hypervisor User Space Kernel HVC

26 Where Will an ARM Hypervisor Play? You name it... Cell phones Multiple personalities are possible Embedded systems Automotive is just the beginning; Trains are already here! Internet of Things (IoT) Lots of little things means lots of responses needed Servers Lower power footprint Real green technology

27 #4: The Unikernel Super-small VMs Quick booting Enhanced security Easy deployment Enables transient services Services that appear when needed and disappear when done

28 The Cloud We Know Field of innovation is in the orchestration The Cloud Engine is paramount (OpenStack, CloudStack, etc.) Workloads adapted to the cloud strongly resemble their noncloud predecessors Some basic adaptations to facilitate life in the cloud, but basically the same stuff that was used before the cloud Applications with full stacks (operating system, utilities, languages, and apps) which could basically run on hardware, but are run on VMs instead. VMs are beefy; large memory footprint, slow to start up It all works, but its not overly efficient 10s of VMs per physical host

29 The Next Generation Cloud Turning the scrutiny to the workloads Should be easier to deploy and manage Smaller footprint, removing unnecessary duplication Faster startup Transient microservices Higher levels of security 1000s of VMs per host

30 The New Stuff: Docker & Containers Makes deployment easier Smaller footprint by leveraging kernel of host Less memory needed to replicate shared kernel space Less disk needed to replicate shared executables Really fast startup times Higher number of VMs per host

31 Docker Downsides Improvements, yes; but not without issues Can't run any payload that can't use host kernel Potential limits to scaleability Linux not really optimized for 1000s of processes Security Security is a HUGE issue in clouds Still working on security mechanisms Will users employ the security mechanisms or pick the quickand-easy deployment which has made Containers popular?

32 The Unikernel: A Real Cloud Concept Very small Very efficient Very quick to boot And very, VERY secure! It's a Green (energy) technology which saves you green (cash); extremely important to foster adoption Many unikernels already exist, including Mini-OS and MirageOS, a Xen Project Incubator Project

33 What is a Unikernel? From MirageOS

34 Unikernel Approach: MirageOS

35 Unikernel Approach: MirageOS

36 Unikernel Approach: MirageOS

37 Unikernel Concepts Use just enough to do the job No need for multiple users; one VM per user No need for a general purpose operating system No need for utilities No need for a full set of operating system functions Lean and mean Minimal waste Tiny size

38 Unikernel Concepts Similar to an embedded application development environment Limited debugging available for deployed production system Instead, system failures are reproduced and analyzed on a full operating system stack and then encapsulated into a new image to deploy Tradeoff is required for ultralight images

39 What Do the Results Look Like? MirageOS examples: DNS Server: 449 KB Web Server: 674 KB OpenFlow Learning Switch: 393 KB LING metrics: Boot time to shell in under 100ms Erlangonxen.org memory usage: 8.7 MB ClickOS: Network devices processing >5 million pkt/sec 6 MB memory with 30 ms boot time

40 What About Security? Type-Safe Solution Stack Can be certified Certification is crucial for certain highly critical tasks, like airplane fly-by-wire control systems Image footprints are unique to the image Intruders cannot rely on always finding certain libraries No utilities to exploit, no shell to manipulate

41 What's Out There Right Now? MirageOS, from the Xen Project Incubator HaLVM, from Galois LING, from Erlang-on-Xen ClickOS, from NEC Europe Labs OSv, from Cloudius Systems Rumprun, from the Rump Kernel Project And that's just the beginning...

42 How Does Xen Project Enable Unikernels? No Host OS means it's lean and mean A tiny VM can sit on a thin hypervisor layer on the hardware Attack surface is small Scale out support Can currently support about 600 concurrent VMs per host without losing performance Current target: concurrent VMs per host Enhanced scheduler (Credit2) ARM as an option

43 Innovation: Is This All? By no means! The list of other subprojects & capabilities continues to grow: Virtualized GPUs Enhanced NUMA COLO: Coarse-grained lockstepping of VMs Native VMware VMDK support And so on...

44 In Review... Some advantages of a Bare-Metal Hypervisor Density: It's thin Excellent for supporting very small workloads Scalability: It can support huge numbers of VMs Terrific for highly dense workloads Security: No host OS It has no host OS layer to attack Scheduling: Can use dedicated scheduler Needed for specialized workload profiles where a host OS scheduler just won't do Paravirtualization: Simplified interface Easier to code to when no OS is present

45 The Xen Project Difference Tomorrow's workloads are not yesterday's workloads If your hypervisor is just focused on yesterday's payloads, it is suffering from planned obsolescence Select a hypervisor which is innovating and Open Source Xen Project is busy enabling the next generation in virtualization

46 Questions? Actively looking for a new opportunity This presentation is available in the Presentations Section of XenProject.org

47 Basic Xen Project Concepts Control domain (dom0) Dom0 Kernel Hypervisor Scheduler Host HW I/O MMU Memory XSM CPUs VM n VM 1 VM 0 Guest OS and Apps Trusted Computing Base 47 Console Interface to the outside world Control Domain aka Dom0 Dom0 kernel with drivers Xen Management Toolstack Guest Domains Your apps Driver/Stub/Service Domain(s) A driver, device model or control service in a box De-privileged and isolated Lifetime: start, stop, kill

48 Basic Xen Project Concepts: Toolstack+ Control domain (dom0) Host HW I/O Toolstack Dom0 Kernel Hypervisor Scheduler Console MMU Memory XSM CPUs VM n VM 1 VM 0 Guest OS and Apps Trusted Computing Base 48 Console Interface to the outside world Control Domain aka Dom0 Dom0 kernel with drivers Xen Management Toolstack Guest Domains Your apps Driver/Stub/Service Domain(s) A driver, device model or control service in a box De-privileged and isolated Lifetime: start, stop, kill

49 Basic Xen Project Concepts: Disaggregation Control domain (dom0) Host HW I/O Toolstack Dom0 Kernel Hypervisor Scheduler Console MMU Memory One or more driver, stub or service domains XSM CPUs VM n VM 1 VM 0 Guest OS and Apps Trusted Computing Base 49 Console Interface to the outside world Control Domain aka Dom0 Dom0 kernel with drivers Xen Management Toolstack Guest Domains Your apps Driver/Stub/Service Domain(s) A driver, device model or control service in a box De-privileged and isolated Lifetime: start, stop, kill

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